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		mgaunard on Dec 22, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For Want of a JOIN how is CSV not "wrap the fields in double quotes and join them with commas and newlines"?

jasonhansel on Dec 22, 2022 [–]

Escaping.

mgaunard on Dec 22, 2022 | [–]

isn't that covered by wrapping in double quotes?

zerocrates on Dec 22, 2022 | | [–]

Not if the content contains a double quote

mgaunard on Dec 23, 2022 | | [–]

well it's not really wrapping it if it's not escaped.

Regardless it is all trivial. Not sure what the point of that comment was.

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